Toshiba has introduced a high-performance, low-power HDD product line for enterprise applications that draws on synergies achieved by the integration of Fujitsu's enterprise-directed magnetic drive business into Toshiba HDD business.
The new MBF2600RC family brings 2.5inch drives into the enterprise space. The line-up features a 600Gbyte drive and rounds out the range with 300Gbyte, and 450Gbyte capacities, all offering maximum rotation speeds of over 10,000RPM.
Improvements to the magnetic recording head and disk's magnetic layer gives the new family an areal density of 595Mbit/mm2 and realises 600Gbyte capacity. It also features a rotation rate of over 10,000RPM.
The internal transfer rate in the new family is boosted by 13%, from 191.5Mbyte/s to 216Mbyte/s, compared with the previous generation MBD2300RC, due to improved linear recording density, and overall performance increased by realising high-speed seek time.
The new drives also offer an optional drive-based encryption design that secures data when end of lease, during disposal, and recycling. The range of storage capacities meets customer needs across a range of mission-critical IT equipment, from servers to large-capacity storage systems.
The new family delivers better environmental performance than MBD2300RC 2.5inch drives. Advances include power management enhancement that allows the disk to spin at a slower rate when not being addressed, and achieve a low power consumption of 2.5W. The new family is also compliant with the European Union's RoHS directive and is halogen-free.
